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1960s | |
Lovin' Spoonful's, "Summer in the City"
Misheard Lyrics: Hot down summer in the city, back of my nuts getting dirty gritty.
Original Lyrics: Hot town summer in the city, back of my neck getting burnt and gritty.
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Lovin' Spoonful's, "Summer in the City"
Misheard Lyrics: Hot time some in the city, back of my net getting dirt and gritty.
Original Lyrics: Hot town summer in the city, back of my neck getting burnt and gritty.
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Neil Diamond's, "Cherry Cherry"
Misheard Lyrics: She got the wet poopie (group backing vocal part on chorus)
Original Lyrics: She got the way to move me
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Sir Douglas Quintet's, "She's About a Mover"
Misheard Lyrics: Cheese about a moo-moo
Original Lyrics: She's about a mover
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Van Morrison's, "Brown-Eyed Girl"
Misheard Lyrics: Do you remember when we used to say...
Original Lyrics: Do you remember when we used to sing...
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1970s | |
Bob Seger's, "Old Time Rock And Roll"
Misheard Lyrics: This 80s music ain't got the same soul
Original Lyrics: Today's music ain't got the same soul
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Corey Hart's, "Sunglasses at Night"
Misheard Lyrics: I wear my sombreros at night
Original Lyrics: I wear my sunglasses at night
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Jimmy Buffett's, "Cheeseburger in Paradise"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm 57 and french fried potatoes
Original Lyrics: Heinz 57 and french fried potatoes
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Jose Feliciano's, "Chico and the Man"
Misheard Lyrics: You can see the morning sun if you shine
Original Lyrics: You can see the morning sun if you try
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Kenny Loggins', "This Is It"
Misheard Lyrics: One more raisin to try
Original Lyrics: One more reason to try
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Leo Sayer's, "When I Need You"
Misheard Lyrics: I hold out my head and I'm Dutch-rubbed
or I hold out my hand and I Dutch rub Original Lyrics: I hold out my hand and I touch love
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Supertramp's, "Give a Little Bit"
Misheard Lyrics: Give a little bet on your love, baby
Original Lyrics: Give a little bit of your love, baby
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T-Rex's, "Bang a Gong (Get It On)"
Misheard Lyrics: Do a bong
Do a bong Get it on Original Lyrics: Get it on
Bang a gong Get it on |
Van Morrison's, "Moondance"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, it's a marvelous night for a one dance
Original Lyrics: Well, it's a marvelous night for a moondance
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1980s | |
Bryan Adams', "Cuts Like a Knife"
Misheard Lyrics: Well, I heard it on the streets.
I heard your mother found somebody new. Original Lyrics: Well I heard it on the street
I heard you mighta found somebody new |
Cinderella's, "Nobody's Fool"
Misheard Lyrics: I call you on the phone
But never get the rice Original Lyrics: I call you on the phone
But never get a rise |
Icehouse's, "Electric Blue"
Misheard Lyrics: I just sneeze everytime you see through me
And it's all over you Electric boobs Original Lyrics: I just freeze everytime you see through me
And it's all over you Electric Blue |
Kenny Loggins', "Danger Zone"
Misheard Lyrics: Hiding to the danger zone
Original Lyrics: Highway to the danger zone
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Kenny Loggins', "Footloose"
Misheard Lyrics: Now I gotta cut loops
Froot Loops Kick off those Sundance shoes Original Lyrics: Now I gotta cut loose
Footloose Kick off your Sunday shoes |
Kenny Loggins', "Nobody's Fool"
Misheard Lyrics: I may not be so smart
But I'm nobody's food Original Lyrics: I may not be so smart
But I'm nobody's fool |
Mike Oldfield's, "To France"
Misheard Lyrics: Never going to get depressed.
Original Lyrics: Never going to get to France.
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Power Station's, "Some Like It Hot"
Misheard Lyrics: Feel the heat
Burning you to the sign. Original Lyrics: Feel the heat
Pushing you to decide. |
The Cutting Crew's, "(I Just) Died in Your Arms"
Misheard Lyrics: I just died in your alms tonight.
It must've been something I ate Original Lyrics: I just died in your arms tonight.
It must've been something you said |
Wang Chung's, "Everybody Have Fun Tonight"
Misheard Lyrics: Everybody Chew Wang tonight.
Original Lyrics: Everybody Wang Chung tonight.
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1990s | |
Alice in Chains', "Would?"
Misheard Lyrics: Heir to the throne again
Original Lyrics: Into the flood again
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Backstreet Boys', "Don't Want You Back"
Misheard Lyrics: I was blinded so I lost all kind of sex.
Original Lyrics: I was blinded so I lost all common sense.
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Cherry Poppin' Daddies', "Zoot Suit Riot"
Misheard Lyrics: A stray cat frontin' out an 80s band
Original Lyrics: A stray cat frontin' out an eight-piece band
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Hootie and the Blowfish's, "Hold My Hand"
Misheard Lyrics: Old man Hank!
Original Lyrics: Hold my hand!
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Manic Street Preachers', "A Design for Life"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm weeing on a lotta spam
Original Lyrics: And we are not allowed to spend
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Men at Work's, "Down Under"
Misheard Lyrics: You better not run, you better not take cover.
Original Lyrics: You'd better run, you'd better take cover.
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Montell Jordan's, "This Is How We Do It"
Misheard Lyrics: The farting's here on the west side
Original Lyrics: The party's here on the west side
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No Doubt's, "Spiderwebs"
Misheard Lyrics: Leave a messy genital human
Original Lyrics: Leave a message and I'll call you back
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Pearl Jam's, "Jeremy"
Misheard Lyrics: Jeremy Spokane, glass today.
Original Lyrics: Jeremy spoke in class today.
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R.E.M's, "Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite"
Misheard Lyrics: Calling Jamaica
Original Lyrics: Call me when you try to wake her up
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They Might Be Giants', "Ana Ng"
Misheard Lyrics: Anner-Anner and I are getting old
Original Lyrics: Ana Ng and I are getting old
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2000s | |
Commercial's, "The Villages"
Misheard Lyrics: They're filling s***s
Florida's framing this hometown Original Lyrics: The Villages
Florida's friendliest hometown |
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Montell Jordan's, "Get It on Tonite"
Misheard Lyrics: Now she's trying two ice cubes
Original Lyrics: Now she's trying to ice you
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2010s | |
Ed Sheeran's, "Photograph"
Misheard Lyrics: So you can fit me
Inside the knickers you got when you were 16 Original Lyrics: Oh you can fit me
Inside the necklace you got when you were 16 |
Flo Rida's, "Wild Ones (ft. Sia)"
Misheard Lyrics: If I took you home,
I'd be a woman Original Lyrics: If I took you home,
It'd be a home run |
Taylor Swift's, "Bad Blood"
Misheard Lyrics: You've been a really big c*nt
Original Lyrics: You made a really deep cut
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country | |
Lee Ann Womack's, "I Hope You Dance"
Misheard Lyrics: Tom is a reel in constant motion
Always rolling us along Tell me who wants the look back on them using Wonder where those ears have gone Original Lyrics: Time is a wheel in constant motion
Always rolling us along Tell me who wants to look back on their youth And wonder where those years have gone |
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Lee Ann Womack's, "The Berenstain Bears"
Misheard Lyrics: The only difference is they live in a creek
Original Lyrics: The only difference is they live in a tree
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